| Gijjhakūṭa | |
| Other Name: | Vulture Peak or Eagle Peak |
| Range: | Rajgir hills |
| Map: | India |
| Map Size: | 325 |
| Label Position: | bottom |
| Coordinates: | 25.0017°N 85.4464°W |
| Vulture Peak | |
| Sa: | गृध्रकूट |
| Sa-Latn: | Gṛdhrakūṭa |
| Pi: | गिज्झकूट |
| Pi-Latn: | Gijjhakūṭa |
| Bn: | গৃধ্রশৃঙ্গ |
| My: | ဂိဇ္ဈကုဋ်တောင် |
| Zh: | 靈鷲山/灵鹫山 |
| Zh-Latn: | Língjiùshān |
| Ja: | 霊鷲山 |
| Ja-Latn: | Ryōjyusen |
| Ko: | 영취산(靈鷲山) |
| Ko-Latn: | Yeongchwisan |
| Si: | ගිජ්ඣකූටය |
| Ta: | கழுகு சிகரம் |
| Th: | เขาคิชฌกูฏ |
| Id: | Puncak Burung Nasar |
| En: | Holy Eagle Peak |
The Vulture Peak (Pali: गिज्झकूट, Sanskrit: गृध्रकूट), also known as the Holy Eagle Peak or Gridhrakūta (or Gādhrakūta), was, according to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha's favorite retreat in Rajagaha - now Rajgir, located in Bihar, India. It is so named because it resembles a sitting vulture with its wings folded, and was the scene for many of his discourses.
Vulture Peak Mountain is, by tradition, one of several sites frequented by the Buddha and his community of disciples for both training and retreat. Its location is frequently mentioned in Buddhist texts in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism[1] [2] and in the Mahayana sutras as the place where the Buddha gave certain sermons. Among the sermons are the Heart Sutra, the Lotus Sutra and the Śūraṅgama Samādhi Sūtra as well as many prajnaparamita sutras. It is explicitly mentioned in the Lotus Sutra, chapter 16, as the Buddha's pure land: